Numbers 13:1

And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Send thou men, that they may explore the land of Kenaan, which I will give to the children of Israel: one man for each tribe of their fathers shall you send, each one a ruler among them.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:17These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you: Elazar the priest, and Jehoshua bar Nun.

Deuteronomy 1:22And all of you came to me and said: We will send men before us, to explore the land for us, and bring us word about the way to go up to it, and to what cities we shall come.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:1

It is a memorable and very melancholy story which is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, when they were just ready to set foot in it, and the sentencing of them to wander and perish in the wilderness for their unbelief and murmuring. It is referred to Ps. xcv. 7 , &c., and improved for warning to Christians, Heb. iii. 7 , &c. In this chapter we have, I. The sending of twelve spies before them into Canaan, ver. 1-16 . II. The instructions given to… Read the whole commentary →

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